Molasses-jug and other hinged-lid receptacle.



' J. F. HAFPEY. MOLASSES JUG AND OTHER HINGED LID REGEPTAGLE.

APPLIGA-TION CPI-LED JAN: 18, 1909.

Patente i Mar. 15,1910.

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INVENTOR WITNESSES ANDREW m GRAHAM C0, wnomwuocumms WASHINGTON. n

J. F. HAFFEY. MOLASSES JUG'AND OTHER HIN GED LID REOBPTAGLE. APPLICATIONFILED 1111118, IQQB.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910,

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WITNESSES INVENTOR.

ANDHEW E. GRAHAM c0, PHOTOLKTNOGIIAFHERQWASHINGTON uvumore sraras aganroration.

JAMES F. I-IAFIEEY, OF TIFFIN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES S. BARON, OF'IIFIEIN, OHIO.

MOLASSES-J'UG AND OTHER HINGED-LIID RECEPTACLE.

Application filed January 18, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, James F. I-IAFFEY, of Tittin, in the county ofSeneca, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Molasses-Jugs and other Hinged-Lid Receptacles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce improved means for flexiblyuniting a lid to a molasses jug or other receptacle without the use ofsolder, plaster, or cement, and without the employment of metallic orother fittings about the neck of the jug or receptacle.

By the aid of my invention I am enabled to unite a lid to a jug by astrong and durable hinge, and by means which, unobtrusive in appearanceand pleasing to the eye, are likewise secure, and which lend themselvesto sanitary requirements by the facility and thoroughness with which thejug may be washed and thoroughly cleansed.

In the accompanying drawing, which constitutes a part of thisspecification, Figure I is a side elevation of my invention as appliedto a molasses jug, showing, in full lines, the lid in the closedposition, and in dotted lines, the lid raised. Fig. II is a detailvertical section taken through the jug handle and showing the elongatedpintle piece in engagement therewith and before it is bent. Fig. III isa View similar to Fig. II showing the manner in which the pintlepiece isbent to engage the jug handle. Fig. IV is a horizontal section on theline IV-IV of Fig. II showing the relative conformation of the jughandle and pintle-piece. Fig. V is a detail vertical section taken atright angles to the section shown in Fig. II, and illustrating therelationship subsisting be tween the tail-piece, knuckle-piece,pintlepiece, and jug handle. Fig. VI is a rear elevation of a portion ofthe subject matter of Fig. I, showing, in full lines, the completedevice with the lugs upon the tail-piece bent into retentive engagementwith the knuckle-piece, and, in dotted lines, said lugs before they arebent. Fig. VII is a view similar to Fig. III, showing a modification ofmy device. Fig. VIII is a detail, side elevation illustrative of themodification shown in Fig. VII.

Referring to the numerals on the drawing, 1 indicates a receptacle whichis shown by way of illustration only as a molasses jug.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910. Serial No. 472,943.

It is provided with a neck 2, lip 3, and han dle 1, all preferably madeintegral with each other and of any suitable material, the usualmaterial of molasses jugs being glass.

Ithas been stated as one of the objects of my invention to provide meansfor securing a lid, indicated in the drawing by the nu meral 5, to a jugwithout the aid of metallic members about the neck or month of the jug..10 this end, I prefer to unite the lid to a laterally pro ectingmember, represented in the drawing by the handle -l-, the upper part ofwhich is utilized as the member to which the lid is directly united.

The lid may be of any suitable material,

and the means which I prefer to employ for uniting it to the jug is ametallic member 7, which is flexibly united or hinged to the lid bysuitable or preferred means, and is securely fastened to the jug,preferably by direct engagement with the handle 4-. thereof.

I prefer to make the member 7 a pintlepiece, so called for the reasonthat it consists of or comprehends as a part of it a pintle S. Thepintle-piece preferably consists of a piece of stiff wire bent at thepoints 9 and 10, which define the length of the pintle between them, andextending therefrom in parallel legs 11 and 12. These legs are adaptedto enter vertical grooves 15 formed in the opposite sides of a memberprojecting from the neck 2, or substantially as shown in the drawing, inthe opposite sides of the handle 4.

The length of the legs 11 and 12 is so far greater than the verticalwidth of the handle a as to permit of the bending of the legs underneaththe handle for securing the engagement of the pintle-piece with thehandle. In view of the fact that my in vention is applicable generallyto receptacles of a fragile nature, I prefer to provide the legs 11 and12 respectively, with weakening indentations 18 and 19, located at thepoint at which they are to be bent underneath the handle at, whereby thelocation of the bend is accurately determined and the bending operationfacilitated without danger of breaking the receptacle. By this means, astrong and sufliciently massive pintle-piece is secured to make a goodhinge in connection with readily flexible means for securing thepintle-piece to the handle.

Instead of the extension of the pintlepiece into legs of such extent aswill admit of their being bent about the handle t and into engagementwith it, I may employ a short pintle-piece 20, as shown in Figs. VII andVIII, which, as by short terminal bends 21, may be secured to a strap 22that with the pintle-piece 2O encircles the handle 23, corresponding tothe handle l, and engages grooves Q-I therein, just as the legs 11 and19 engage the grooves 15 in the handle at. The modification underconsideration is entirely feasible in service, but the preferredconstruction of the pintle-piece is as previously described.

The pintle-piece 7, or its equivalent shown in Figs. VII and VIII,'isuseful as a means for flexibly uniting any lid to its receptacle, but myinvention extends to a form of metal lid and its connection with itspintle 8 or pintle-pieee 20. In that connection, I use a knuckle-piece25, which, comprising a knuckle 26 and a strap end 27 fitted to thetail-piece of the lid 5, is adapted to be firmly secured to thetail-piece without the use of solder as by engagement with the strap,when the tail-piece and strap are assembled, by lugs 28 projectinglaterally from the tailpiece. These lugs are struck out of the piece ofwhich the lid and tail-piece are made, and project upon opposite sidesof the tail-piece, as shown in Fig. VI. After bending the lugs about thestrap and againstthe face thereof, they serve to securely unite theparts without the use of solder, and to afford through the presence ofthe knuckle carried upon the strap a suitable hinge connection to beutilized With the pintle for uniting the receptacle and its lid.

lVhat I claim is:

The combination of the lid having a tailpiece provided with lugs, aknuckle piece comprising a knuckle and strap end, the strap end held bythe lugs of the tail-piece, a receptacle having a laterally projectingmember in the upper end of which and on opposite sides are verticalgrooves and a metallic member resting in the vertical grooves and theknuckle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES F. HAFFEY. Vitnesses MILTON SAYLER, NORMAN IV. Pn'rnns.

